Jan 15, 2022 02:49 AM
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/gr...76841.html
EXCERPTS: A woman who claimed that Grenfell Tower victims were “burned alive in a Jewish sacrifice” has been convicted of stirring up race hate. [The offence carries a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment. She will be sentenced on 11th February.]
Tahra Ahmed, 51, of Lansdowne Road, Haringey, was found guilty on Friday at the Old Bailey of two counts of stirring up racial hatred by posting the antisemitic material on her personal Facebook page.
In one post, in the aftermath of the Grenfell fire, she stated that Jewish people were “behind ritual torture” and “the murder of children”. In another, posted four days after the devastating tragedy which claimed the lives of 72 people, she said “people trapped in the inferno were burnt alive in a Jewish sacrifice.”
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Police launched an investigation after a story was published in The Times newspaper on December 11 2017, focusing on some of those who attended public meetings after the fire. An examination of Ahmed’s Facebook account revealed a history of antisemitic comments, the court heard.
[...] Mr French told jurors that people sometimes expressed “outspoken” or “offensive” views on social media and were entitled to their opinions. But there was a limit, and the right to express views had to be balanced with the rights of other people, often minority communities, to live without being stigmatised or abused, he added.
Ahmed, from Tottenham, North London, denied wrongdoing, arguing her posts were political rather than antisemitic. She made no reaction in court as the jury delivered its verdicts on Friday. (MORE - missing details)
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Hate speech laws in the United Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speec...ed_Kingdom
"Hate speech laws in England and Wales are found in several statutes. Expressions of hatred toward someone on account of that person's colour, race, disability, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origin, religion, gender reassignment, or sexual orientation is forbidden. Any communication which is threatening or abusive, and is intended to harass, alarm, or distress someone is forbidden. The penalties for hate speech include fines, imprisonment, or both. "
EXCERPTS: A woman who claimed that Grenfell Tower victims were “burned alive in a Jewish sacrifice” has been convicted of stirring up race hate. [The offence carries a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment. She will be sentenced on 11th February.]
Tahra Ahmed, 51, of Lansdowne Road, Haringey, was found guilty on Friday at the Old Bailey of two counts of stirring up racial hatred by posting the antisemitic material on her personal Facebook page.
In one post, in the aftermath of the Grenfell fire, she stated that Jewish people were “behind ritual torture” and “the murder of children”. In another, posted four days after the devastating tragedy which claimed the lives of 72 people, she said “people trapped in the inferno were burnt alive in a Jewish sacrifice.”
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Police launched an investigation after a story was published in The Times newspaper on December 11 2017, focusing on some of those who attended public meetings after the fire. An examination of Ahmed’s Facebook account revealed a history of antisemitic comments, the court heard.
[...] Mr French told jurors that people sometimes expressed “outspoken” or “offensive” views on social media and were entitled to their opinions. But there was a limit, and the right to express views had to be balanced with the rights of other people, often minority communities, to live without being stigmatised or abused, he added.
Ahmed, from Tottenham, North London, denied wrongdoing, arguing her posts were political rather than antisemitic. She made no reaction in court as the jury delivered its verdicts on Friday. (MORE - missing details)
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Hate speech laws in the United Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speec...ed_Kingdom
"Hate speech laws in England and Wales are found in several statutes. Expressions of hatred toward someone on account of that person's colour, race, disability, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origin, religion, gender reassignment, or sexual orientation is forbidden. Any communication which is threatening or abusive, and is intended to harass, alarm, or distress someone is forbidden. The penalties for hate speech include fines, imprisonment, or both. "